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Piliocolobus badius waldronae
Kingdom	Animalia	Miss Waldron's Red Colobus. Unknown copyright licence.
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Primates
Family	Cercopithecidae
Subfamily	Colobinae
Genus	Piliocolobus
Species	Piliocolobus badius
Subspecies	Piliocolobus badius waldronae
Authority	(Hayman, 1936)
English Name	Miss Waldron's Red Colobus; Miss Waldron's Bay Colobus
Dutch Name	Miss Waldron Rode Franjeaap
French Name	Colobe Rouge de Miss Waldron; Colobe Bai de Miss Waldron
German Name	Miss Waldrons Roter Stummelaffe
Synonyms	Colobus badius waldronae, Colobus badius waldroni, Procolobus badius waldronae, Procolobus badius waldroni

Taxonomy	This primate is treated by some under the genus Procolobus. (Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group 2000) Whether Miss Waldron's red colobus constituted a species or subspecies is an unsettled question among scientist.
Comments	Oates et al. (2000) presented evidence that suggested Procolobus badius waldronae was probably extinct because of hunting by humans. The Primate Specialist Group agreed at the time that the available evidence suggested that this taxon is probably extinct, but they argued that it does not fulfil the IUCN criteria for extinction, which is: "there is no reasonable doubt that its last individual has died." Since the announcement by Oates et al. (2000) there have been reported sightings of individuals of this taxon. (Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group 2000) However, it is not yet rediscovered and it is possible that it has been gone meanwhile! This website lists this primate as 'missing (possibly extinct)'.
Characteristics	This red-and-black monkey was brightly coloured, typically lived in groups of 20 of more, and called to each other frequently.
Lifestyle	This monkey typically lived in groups of 20 or more, and called to each other frequently.
Range & Habitat	This west-African red-and-black monkey was restricted to parts of Ghana and Ivory Coast. The species had a limited distribution between two rivers in both countries and it could only survive in high-canopy forest (rainforest).
History & Population	The Miss Waldron's red colobus was first described by scientists in 1936, based on eight specimens shot in 1933 by Willoughby P. Lowe, a collector for British museums. It was named for one Miss F. Waldron, who was described in various references as a travelling companion of Mr. Lowe. (Revkin 2000) The extinction of this monkey was not a surprise to wildlife experts. The last confirmed sighting of a Miss Waldron's red colobus monkey was in 1978 in the rainforest of Ghana. It was listed as endangered in 1988.